Improvement in mustard pots and spoons



H. J.v WHITE. Mustard Pot and Spoon.

No. 204,930. 'Pafer'ite'd June-48, I878,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM J. WHITE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN MUSTARD POTS AND SPOONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 204,930, dated J une 18, 1878 application filed December 1, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM J. WHITE, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mustard-Pots and Spoons for the same, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple, and durable mustard pot and spoon, which will not corrode and cannot be broken, being constructed of enameled or japanned sheet metal, previously spun and struck up in the desired form for the spoon and pot, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Figure l is a side elevation of my invention. Fig.2 is a vertical central section of same. Fig. 3 is a view of a sheet-metal blank spoon. Fig. 4 is a View of shank, partially closed. Figs. 5 and 6 are front and rear views, closed. 7 A is the bowl of a sheet-metal mustardspoon formed from the blank shown in Fig. 3, and having ahollow shank orhandle, B, formed,

-as shown, with projections c c at the intersection of the same with the bowl A, which, when brought together, as shown at Figs. 5 and 6, support the bowl with the indentation 0, so as to make the same light, yet very rigid or stiff. This spoon, thus formed, is connected to the cap I) by means of a screw-shank, E, which is inserted in the partially-closed end of the handle B, which is afterward firmly closed upon the same, which secures it in place. This screw-shank is passed through a hole in the center of the cap D, when a screw-knob, F, is screwed upon the same, thus holding the parts together permanently for use.

Gr represents a mustard-pot struck up of sheet metal, and provided with a saucer-like bottom or annular space, H, surrounding the mustard-pot, so as to catch any drippings from the same when in use, thus preventing the soiling of the table'or cloth, as is the case with those heretofore in use. This bottom portion containing the annular space H may be formed of different material and secured in various ways, but I prefer to strike up the same from sheet metal and braze or rivet the same to the bottom of the mustard-pot, which I strike up in two parts and lock or seam together at their largest diameters, so as to withstand heat in enameling or japanning the same, which covers all joints or seams, thus rendering the same tight, smooth, and durable.

.The cap D may be made of glass or porcelain or plated metal, as desirable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The above-described mustard-spoon, as made, of sheet metal, consisting of the bowl A and hollow handle B, having the supports 0 c, indentation e, and screw-shank E, in combination with the cap D and screw-knob F, all being constructed substantially in the manner described, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The above-described mustard-pot G, as made of sheet-metal, and having the annular space H formed in the bottom surrounding the pot G, as a new article of manufacture, as and for the purposes set forth.

HIRAM J. WHITE.

Witnesses SYLVENUs WALKER, H. S. TALBOT. 

